08 July 2021
Taking the Law Seriously?
One might wonder whether the Commission’s attack on its “friends” in Germany is designed simply to detract attention away from its impotence in the face of growingly-explicit authoritarianism in the Orbán and Kaczyński orbits. We might dismiss the matter with a wry smile were it not for that fact that the Commission is also attacking honest efforts to solve the rule of law dilemmas posed by the original sin of the construction of Economic Union, as well as the well-meaning judicial search for solution to the impossible supremacy-sovereignty conundrum. The PSPP Judgment is far from perfect and has unleashed sometimes rough controversies; however, the tacit approval given to the Commission by so many in their silence about the new proceedings can surely only act to shore up authoritarian egos, concomitantly foreclosing creative judicial responses to our on-going European dilemma of how to maintain and strengthen the rule of law in integration. Continue reading >>
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09 December 2016
After the Italian Referendum
So much was at stake for Italy, its political class and its economy, and for the European Union (EU) and its member states in the country’s failed referendum on constitutional reform. In the EU, Germany is a particularly sensitive case. The relations between Germany and Italy are a focal point in Europe. They used to be in an asymmetric, albeit comforting, equilibrium. Continue reading >>10 June 2015
Justice within and between Polities
My account on Europe's justice deficit will depart from a tension inherent to the project, and I will submit three groups of observations: The first one will deal with what we have experienced about the nature of “the economic”; with the use of this notion, I wish to insinuate an analogy to what we associate with “the social”; namely, the social embeddedness of the economy. The following observations are concerned with the distinction between justice within consolidated polities and justice between such polities. The third part of my story will ask, first, whether a synthesis of both concerns, i.e., of domestic and inter-European justice, is conceivable in principle - and then whether it is still available. After the crisis, this is the 1 million dollar question: How can the European project get back on track, regain legitimacy, rise from its ruins? Continue reading >>
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03 July 2014
EU Commission President: Who and what did we actually vote for?
The obstacles further European integration is facing will only be overcome incrementally through continuous political disputes, as well as through processes of collective learning, which are then converted into institutional change. Simple formulas for “more Europe”, even when they are rooted in historical rationality and reason, will not be a sufficient substitute for such processes. Continue reading >>
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03 July 2014
EU-Kommissionspräsident: Wen und was wollten wir eigentlich wählen?
Der neue Kommissionspräsident, wie immer man die Stärkung seiner Legitimation beurteilen mag, wird nicht ausrichten können, was den Bürgern Europas angekündigt wurde. Die Leere des Versprechens kann gefährlich werden. Continue reading >>12 April 2014
Where the Law Ends
“Die Wirtschaft ist das Schicksal” (the economy is our destiny) […] Continue reading >>
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12 April 2014
Where the Law Ends
“Die Wirtschaft ist das Schicksal” (the economy is our destiny) […] Continue reading >>
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22 February 2013
“Ernstnehmen des Anderen. Und zwar als Rechtsgebot! Darum geht es in Europa”
Wenn Sie an Europa 2023 denken, welche Veränderungen fallen Ihnen […] Continue reading >>04 July 2012
Would the election of a Member of the European Parliament as President of the Commission make democratic sense?
By CHRISTIAN JOERGES and FLORIAN RÖDL In a May 23rd […] Continue reading >>26 June 2012